Pilates Yoga for Dancers (Gillian Greenwood)

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Learn to move with elegance, grace and ease – as in ballet, not like an athlete. Exercises are at the barre, in the centre and on the mat with the help of small, blow-up balls and stretchy bands. Learn how to find your ‘centre’ to control your movement. You will tone, lengthen, turn out, strengthe

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Gillian teaches PilatesYoga for dancers in the true spirit of how Joseph Pilates began with his foundations in dance when in 1926 he shared a studio with the New York City Ballet choreographers George Balanchine and Martha Graham.

Joseph Pilates was in demand to teach the dancers his technique. Learn to move with elegance, grace and ease – as in ballet, not like an athlete.  

Exercises are at the barre, in the centre and on the mat with the help of small, blow-up balls and stretchy bands. Learn how to find your ‘centre’ to control your movement.

You will tone, lengthen, turn out, strengthen and balance. All levels welcome, she will explain how to make the exercises easier or harder.

Wear socks and comfortable, clingy (not tight), clothes you can move in.…”eagle-eyed Gillian gives hands-on and verbal corrections to ensure you get the most out of class”…

  • Mayfair Branch

    16 Balderton St, Mayfair, London
  • Teacher's Name
  • Gillian
  • Teacher's Experience
  • Gillian Greenwood (BCPTT AFAA RSA ITEC) is a dancer, personal trainer, Body Control Pilates® and yoga teacher with over twenty years Pilates teaching experience, gaining her education in Los Angeles, New York and London. She studied and performed dance improvisation with Lindsay Kemp, who continues to inspire her. She also teaches pre/post-natal exercise, stress management, presents workshops, writes articles for Dental Health magazine and fitness magazines and is a personal trainer and masseuse. Over the years her clients have included: Julian Clary, Flora Fraser, film director John Irvin, singers Marcella Detroit, Kylie & Dannii Minogue, Siouxsie Sioux, the Princess of the Arab Emirates and the Princess of Thailand. She is an AFAA National Academy of Sports Medicine Associate Consultant and Examiner, (Aerobic Fitness Association of America). Her book Pilates & Lifestyle with a foreword by Julian Clary is available from Amazon for the Kindle. “Gillian has a touch of the guru about her” – Evening Standard
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Teacher's Nationality
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